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President Atwater Made Rail Deal Happen
Senate President Jeff Atwater's intervention broke a logjam on the rail legislation.
Senate President Jeff Atwater |
Running out of time as he bargained separately with fellow Republicans, Democrats and the state AFL-CIO, Atwater made a move Tuesday to secure the necessary 21 votes.
He wanted a written guarantee from Gov. Charlie Crist's administration that the state was willing to try to protect eight unionized railroad signalmen's jobs on the CSX freight corridor in Central Florida as part of the state's purchase of the track for the new SunRail commuter line.